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Pampered Paws
As South Korea’s pet industry booms, Cargill is focused on reaching high-end consumers.
Decade of Impact: Supporting healthier futures for children in Honduras
The students at Max Martinez Zambrano Basic Education Center in Siguatepeque, Honduras usually arrive to school with empty stomachs. The school’s principal, Otilia Hortensia Padilla, sees her job not just as the overseer of their education, but also their well-being.
Decade of Impact: Building a better life for Ghana’s cocoa farmers
Yaa Mensiwah was barely making ends meet. As a cocoa farmer in Ghana’s Asarekwaa community, she was a single mom to her 5-year-old daughter and her late brother’s two children. Her life took a turn for the better when she joined the CARE-Cargill program.
Catalyst for change
How a Cargill-CARE partnership is helping lift rural women out of poverty.
The long-term view in South Korea
From the farm gate to the BBQ grill, it’s all about the customer.
Committed to change
Cargill’s Maria Nelly Rivas hopes her work will make Nicaragua a better place for future generations.
Korean beef in the international spotlight
Cargill has been helping improve and elevate the quality of Korean-native hanwoo beef long before Pyeongchang was a. household name
Is Midway the next North Loop?
Tenants are already moving into the seven-building Vandalia Tower complex, including Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota, TicketKing, artists and marketing agencies. Lake Monster Brewing is planning to open there in October. http://finance-commerce.com/2015/08/is-midway-the-next-north-loop/
How gut bacteria affects your health: What we know, what we don't
The latest research shows your gut microbiome has a profound connection to a number of diseases and issues facing humans today: Diabetes, Crohn's disease, obesity, asthma, allergies and other autoimmune diseases.
The Breakup
Just over a year after my mom died, my boyfriend of three years walked out — carrying his deodorant and phone charger. And then, I was grieving all over again.
For millennials in mourning, grief can run deep
Emily Kaiser and one of the founders of Modern Loss joined The Daily Circuit to talk about how millennials cope with grief.
How Millennials Mourn
I was 25 years old when I found out cancer would take my mom from me.
Op-ed pick: How to help when someone is in crisis
After spending many years helping my mom through cancer treatments and then experiencing the unexplainable and painful grief when she died last year, David Brooks’ piece in the New York Times really hit home. Going through my own family’s tragedy, I realized how poorly I had reached out to others in crisis and how seldom people understand what they can do in such situations.
How do you thank the person who saved your life?
In April, Jenna Langer was on The Daily Circuit talking about the challenges facing young people with cancer. Just one year prior, Langer had been diagnosed with her third bout of cancer, which could turn into leukemia without a bone marrow transplant.
Langer found her match in a stranger. Twenty-year-old Maxine Renning went through with the transplant and Langer is now healthy and cancer free.
Alisha Neeley's death leads to girl gang truce
Alisha Neeley spent the last night of her life surrounded by her closest friends.
The 17-year-old was pre-partying at her cousin's house, taking shot after shot of vodka. Wearing a brown Hollister polo, jeans, and Coach boots, she was a natural beauty with a hypnotic smile. Known as LeLe to her friends, she was the life of the party, playfully pulling girls off the couch to dance.
They called themselves the Ladiis and were known as one of the toughest female cliques on Minneapolis's north side.
High School for Recording Arts gives students chance at hip-hop career
David Ellis, the founder of High School for Recording Arts in St. Paul, walked into the lunchroom fashionably late, chomping on a bag of Doritos as he surveyed the crowd. Two students had just started rapping. By the time the chorus hit, a mob of fans rushed the stage for a chance to freestyle a verse.
"Do you see the joy in these kids?" Ellis says. "They've got relief up there. Music is saving their lives."
Haze reunites over funky mystery record
It all started with Shelley Pierce hunched over the vinyl bin at Cheapo. She had most of the albums she wanted, but enjoyed the thrill of the hunt.
As she finished flipping through the new arrivals, a short, plump woman in her 50s came in the front door of the store, lugging a crate full of used vinyl records. Once she dropped it off at the front counter, she turned around and went back out to her car. Ten crates and 15 minutes later, the woman was out of breath, leaning over the front counter.
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